I have a question regarding the order of the final syllable of Yeishuu`a's name. I have spelled it Yeishuu`a for a few years based on the spelling of His name found in the Bible...
...however, it occurs to me that since the last letter is `ayin, which is a guttural, it's possible that the order could be reversed. I have taken it as `ayin patthahh, which is the usual way of reading syllables in Hebrew--a letter with niqquudh beneath it has the pronunciation order of Letter-Niqquudh. But with final gutturals, it is possible that the order is reversed. This is called furtive patthahh, or "stolen" patthahh. Examples include ruuahh and Nohahh, where the patthahh is pronounced before the hheiytth.
If that is what is happening with His name, the order becomes Niqquudh-Letter and thus the spelling of His name would be Yeishuua`.
Fwiw, the word "patthahh" as spelled and pronounced in English looks as though it could be an example of furtive patthahh in Hebrew, but it isn't...
I have two questions.
- First, when a word has a final guttural with a patthahh, is it ALWAYS the case that a furtive patthahh is present?
- Second, if not, what rules are used to determine whether it is or isn't present?
Thanks for your input.
